ᱢᱤᱨᱟ ᱱᱚᱱᱫᱟ

ᱢᱤᱨᱟ ᱱᱚᱱᱫᱟ
ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ	1954 (age 71–72) ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ
ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ	ᱚᱱᱚᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ, ᱮᱠᱟᱰᱮᱢᱤᱠ
ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ ᱟᱥᱲᱟ	IIT Delhi (PhD) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (PhD)

ᱢᱤᱨᱟ ᱱᱚᱱᱫᱟ (ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱑᱙᱕᱔) ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱚᱱᱚᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱭᱤᱱᱥ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱟᱭᱤᱱᱥ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱤᱱᱫᱩᱛᱣᱚ, postcolonialism ᱟᱨ postmodernism ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱚᱨᱥᱚᱝ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱠᱚᱭ ᱚᱞ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ Pseudoscience ᱟᱨ "ᱵᱮᱫᱤᱠ ᱥᱟᱭᱤᱱᱥ" ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱮᱴᱮᱡ ᱥᱟᱸᱦᱤᱡ ᱮ ᱵᱤᱨᱩᱫᱽ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾ ᱢᱤᱨᱟ ᱱᱚᱱᱫᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱒᱐᱐᱙ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱒᱐᱑᱗ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡ IISER ᱢᱚᱦᱟᱞᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱟᱭᱤᱱᱥ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱢ ᱮ ᱯᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱫ ᱠᱚᱣᱟ ᱾ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱒᱐᱑᱙-᱒᱐᱒᱐ ᱨᱮ IISER ᱯᱩᱱᱮ ᱨᱮ ᱜᱮᱥᱴ ᱯᱷᱮᱠᱟᱞᱴᱤ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ ᱾ ᱒᱐᱒᱓ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ᱨᱮᱱ ᱯᱷᱮᱞᱳ (Fellow) ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱟᱪᱷᱚᱱ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱮᱭᱟ ᱾

ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ

ᱱᱚᱱᱫᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱟᱭᱤᱱᱥ ᱟᱨ ᱧᱮᱱᱮᱞ (Philosophy) ᱨᱮ ᱥᱤᱠᱷᱱᱟᱹᱛ ᱮ ᱦᱟᱢᱮᱴ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ IIT ᱫᱤᱞᱞᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ Biotechnology ᱨᱮ PhD ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟᱭ, ᱟᱨ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱥᱟᱭᱤᱱᱥ ᱥᱴᱟᱰᱤᱡᱽ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱚᱥᱟᱨ PhD ᱮ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾

ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱒᱐᱐᱕-᱒᱐᱐᱗ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱭᱤᱱᱥ ᱨᱮ John Templeton Foundation ᱯᱷᱮᱞᱳ ᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱒᱐᱐᱙ ᱨᱮ JNU ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱡᱚᱵᱟᱦᱚᱨᱞᱟᱞ ᱱᱮᱦᱨᱩ ᱤᱱᱥᱴᱤᱴᱭᱩᱴ ᱯᱷᱚᱨ ᱮᱰᱵᱷᱟᱱᱥ ᱥᱴᱟᱰᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱷᱮᱞᱳ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟᱭ ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱦᱚᱨᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱹᱲᱛᱤ ᱠᱟᱭᱛᱮ ᱥᱟᱭᱤᱱᱥ, ᱞᱟᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱮᱥᱟ-ᱢᱤᱥᱤ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾

ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱤᱱᱫᱩ ᱱᱮᱥᱱᱟᱞᱤᱡᱚᱢ

ᱱᱚᱱᱫᱟ ᱟᱜ ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ Prophets Facing Backward: Postmodern Critiques of Science and Hindu Nationalism in India (᱒᱐᱐᱔) ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱡᱮ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱯᱳᱥᱴ-ᱢᱳᱰᱟᱨᱱᱤᱡᱚᱢ (Postmodernism) ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱹᱵᱤᱛ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱟᱭᱤᱱᱥ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱡᱚᱲᱟᱣ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱩᱨᱩᱢᱩᱴᱩ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾

᱒᱐᱐᱙ ᱨᱮ ᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ The God Market ᱨᱮ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱥᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱡᱮ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱜᱽᱞᱳᱵᱟᱞᱟᱭᱡᱮᱥᱚᱱ (Globalization) ᱥᱟᱶ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱤᱱᱫᱩ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱵᱮᱯᱟᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱦᱟᱨᱟ ᱵᱩᱨᱩ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱚᱨᱠᱟᱨ ᱦᱚᱛᱮᱛᱮ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱠᱟᱹᱣᱰᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱨᱚᱪ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭ ᱵᱤᱨᱩᱫᱽ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ, ᱪᱮᱫᱟᱜ ᱥᱮ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱮᱠᱩᱞᱟᱨ (Secular) ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾

ᱥᱟᱬᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱩᱭᱦᱟᱹᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱡᱩᱠᱛᱤ

ᱢᱤᱨᱟ ᱱᱚᱱᱫᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱚᱞ ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱱᱚᱶᱟᱭ ᱥᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱡᱮ ᱥᱟᱬᱮᱥ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱠᱟ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱥᱮ ᱞᱟᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱜᱚᱞᱟᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ, ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱟᱨᱮ ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱬᱮᱥ ᱢᱮᱱᱛᱮ ᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱸᱫᱷᱟ ᱦᱚᱨ ᱛᱮ ᱤᱫᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱹᱲᱤᱡ ᱜᱮᱭᱟ ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ Ayurveda ᱟᱨ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱢᱟᱨᱮ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱰᱟᱠᱴᱚᱨᱤ ᱦᱚᱨᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱱᱟᱦᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱬᱮᱥ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱥᱱᱤ ᱛᱮ ᱡᱟᱪ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮ ᱢᱮᱱ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾

ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱮᱫᱽ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱟᱬᱮᱥ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱛᱮ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱟᱹᱵᱤ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱚᱱᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱ "ᱦᱤᱱᱥᱟᱹ" (envy) ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮᱭ ᱧᱮᱞᱟ ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ Science in Saffron ᱨᱮ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱡᱮ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱮᱞᱠᱷᱟ (Mathematics) ᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱬᱮᱥ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱮᱜᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱮᱜᱟᱨ ᱞᱟᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱢᱮᱥᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱢᱩᱝ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾

ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱠᱚ

• Postmodernism and Religious Fundamentalism: A Scientific Rebuttal To Hindu Science. New Delhi: Navayana. 2000. ISBN 81-89059-02-5
• Breaking the Spell of Dharma and Other Essays. New Delhi: Three Essays Collective, 2002. ISBN 81-88394-09-2.
• Prophets Facing Backward: Postmodern Critiques of Science and the Hindu Nationalism in India. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2004. ISBN 81-7824-090-4.
• Wrongs of the Religious Right: Reflections on secularism, science and Hindutva. New Delhi: Three Essays Collective, 2005. ISBN 81-88789-30-5
• The God Market. Random House, 2010. ISBN 81-8400-095-2.
• Ayurveda Today : A Critical Look, with C. Viswanathan. Penguin, 2010. ISBN 9780143065128.
• Science in Saffron: Skeptical Essays on History of Science. New Delhi: Three Essays Collective, 2016. ISBN 978-93-83968-08-4.
• A Field Guide to Post-Truth India. New Delhi: Three Essays Collective, 2024. ISBN 978-93-83968-44-2.

ᱥᱟᱹᱠᱷᱭᱟᱹᱛ

• Nanda, Meera (2003). "Postmodernism, Hindu nationalism and ‘Vedic science’", Frontline.
• Dalrymple, William (2010). "The Glitter in The Godliness", Outlook India.
• Hoskote, Ranjit (2005). "Paradigm shift", The Hindu.

ᱵᱟᱦᱨᱮ ᱡᱚᱱᱚᱲ

• Science in Saffron, ᱯᱟᱵᱽᱞᱤᱥᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱦᱴᱟ ᱾
• Science in Saffron researchgate.net ᱨᱮ ᱾